Opinion

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What Makes Teachers Thrive?

Susan Moore Johnson: What a failed $575 million investment in effective teaching got wrong—and what truly successful schools get right. (September 10, 2019)

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What the New Reading Wars Get Wrong

Advocates for phonics and whole language need to start by agreeing on what we even mean by "reading," writes Mia Hood. (September 10, 2019)

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Teacher Education Needs to Acknowledge 'Whiteness'

Teacher education must help everyone think critically of the world to avoid perpetuating inequity, urges Hui-Ling Malone. (September 9, 2019)

Q&As With K-12 Thought Leaders

Read insights from some of the K-12 field's most prominent education scholars, leaders, and practitioners. Education Week and Education Week Teacher have gathered years of valuable interviews reflecting some of the most pressing issues in K-12 schooling. (March 18, 2019)

First Person

Teaching Never Gets Any Easier. But It Gets Better

Teacher Justin Minkel used to dream of the magical day when teaching would feel so much easier. He's realized that that day won't arrive, but something powerful takes its place: The insight, skill and big heart to be a better teacher. (September 11, 2019)

First Person

How My Students Led a Voter Registration Drive, and Why Yours Should, Too

When students organized a drive to register their fellow students on campus, they found their voice and their power, writes teacher Jacqulyn Whang. (September 4, 2019)

Education Week reporters and editors identify 10 of today’s most pressing challenges in education and offer bold ideas for addressing them. (January 8, 2019)

Five education scholars share their best advice for how to make have your voice heard in education policy and practice. (January 15, 2019)

From school shootings to student suicides to hurricanes and more: School leaders open up about how they faced some of the most difficult circumstances of their careers. (November 27, 2018)